Seventeen students from Endarasha Academy, Kieni Nyeri County, have lost their lives in a fire tragedy whose cause is yet to be known.
Fourteen of the students have been reported injured and recovering in various hospitals.
The fire reportedly broke out on 5th September around 11:00 pm in the boys’ dormitory.
The dorm harboured 152 grade 4 and 5 pupils. Sixteen were confirmed to have died at the spot while one died on the way to hospital. The sixteen are said to have been burnt beyond recognition
Photo Courtesy: Parents gathered in the school premises
Many families have gathered in and outside the school premises consoling each other while hoping that their children were not among the seventeen who have been confirmed dead.
The ministry of education has confirmed that the dormitory housed 156 boys who were all boarders. The total number of students enrolled in the school is 824 with 316 boarders. There being no evidence of what caused the fire has led the president to order a thorough investigation as to what could have engendered the inferno.
Photo courtesy: Destroyed property in the school premises
Different dignitaries as well as organizations have sent their help to the school others donating mattresses and blankets as well as food stuffs.
Education PS Kipsang is actively involved in the investigation and has directed the parents who took their children from school to bring them back in the probe to investigate and find out the cause of the fire through interrogation.
By Vivian K.
